OpenRGB-to-RGB.NET-MSIRGB

Compatibility layer for RGB.NET

This device provider uses OpenRGB's msi-rgb implementation to control MSI motherboard's Super I/O chips

Keep in mind that this project uses OpenRGB directly. As OpenRGB, I will not be liable for any damage.

Solution

The solution has two projects

Hex3l.RGB.NET.Devices.MSIRGB

RGB.NET DeviceProvider, it will take care of loading OpenRGB_MSIRGB.dll and communicate with it.

OpenRGB_MSIRGB

Minimal implementation of OpenRGB features required by this layer. It includes directly (or using git patches) the code/implementations made by OpenRGB

Color inversion fixes

In order to fix color inversion OpenRGB_MSIRGB.dll returns 2 devices for the same motherboard controller. One has a normal behaviour while the other, flagged as INVERTED applies the colors space inversion.

How to build and use

1. Clone the repo with its submodules.
2. Apply git patch in OpenRGB_MSIRGB/ORGB-patches to OpenRGB_MSIRGB/OpenRGB
3. Apply git patch in OpenRGB_MSIRGB/ORGB-min-api-dll-patches to OpenRGB_MSIRGB/OpenRGB-min-api-dll-base
4. Build Hex3l.RGB.NET.Devices.Msiusb(Release) (it will also build OpenRGB_MSIRGB)
5. Get the 2 dlls and place
   • Hex3l.RGB.NET.Devices.MSIRGB.dll in your DeviceProvider folder (the folder you are using to store your DeviceProviders)
   • OpenRGB_MSIRGB.dll in
     • x86: <app root>/x86
     • x64: <app root>/x64
6. You will also need inpout32.dll/inpoutx64.dll in your root app directory, you can get it from
   • x86:OpenRGB_MSIRGB/OpenRGB/dependencies/inpout32_1501/Win32/inpout32.dll
   • x64:OpenRGB_MSIRGB/OpenRGB/dependencies/inpout32_1501/x64/inpoutx64.dll
7. inpoutx64 requires the installation of a kernel driver. To install it the final user must run as admin your application that should contain, in its root path, the driver installer program DriverInstall.exe. You can get it with the binaries distribution http://www.highrez.co.uk/scripts/download.asp?package=InpOutBinaries and it is located in InpOutBinaries_1501\Win32.